Exploring elementary school students' developmental changes in phonemic awareness

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23093
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Seinan Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAO Kaori 西南学院大学, 人間科学部, 講師 (80846494)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 小学校英語教育 / 音素認識能力 / 文字指導 / 指導者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present research investigated changes in phonemic awareness and learning experience resulting from language instruction for third to sixth grade students. These outcomes were assessed by phonemic awareness tests and an open-ended questionnaire. Quantitative analysis demonstrated that test scores tended to increase with each increasing grade, but that there was no statistically significant difference in score growth between grades five and six. Qualitative analysis of student questionnaires suggested a positive change in students' perceptions of their phonemic awareness.

Free Research Field

外国語教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

小学生の音素知識を測定・評価したことに加え、音素認識を意識した文字指導を取り入れた際の音素認識能力及び心理面における変化について明らかにした。本研究の結果は、小学校英語教育における文字指導の方法を構築する基礎となる。また、教育実践現場において音素認識を意識した文字指導の重要性や指導方法を示した点で社会的にも意義がある。